The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-24

belief prevails that no receiver will be appointed.
So averse is Judge Gresham to courts running
railroads that the necessity OF appointing re-
ceiver must be made quite apparent before ne
will appoint one.
The following bull" item appears in the Ev-
ansville Journal of day before yesterday: The
will be down here in few days on tour of in
spection over the Peoria, Decatur 81 Evansville
railroad. The officers OF the line are said to be
more than willing. as the con dition o! the road
| has been badly misrepresented by evil-disposed
persons, probably with view of depressing the
| value of the stock in the market
Now that the W estern Passenger Agents As
ISOLATION has fixed upon two cents per mile for
one-thousand mile tickets it is highly probable
that the roads in the Central Traffic Association
will make the same rate. as it would seem hard
" practical that the roads east and west OF the
territory covered by the Central Traffic Associ-
alton should be selling one Thousand mile tick
cts Mt $50 and the roads in the Central Traffic
Association making the rate $50 per one thou
sand miles.
The Pennsylvania Company gives notice that
the South Chicago & Southern railroad is now
open for business its entire length, excepting
from Colehour junction, Ill, point on the
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne Sc Chicago railway,
fourteen and two-tenths miles from Chicago, to
South Chicago and Southern junction, ILL.,,
where the South Chicago & southern railroad
connects with the Chicago, ST. Louis q Pitts
burg railroad. nine and three-tenths miles from
Colehour junction.
Who owns the Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Dayton
road is now one of the leading questions. The
parties who seeking to throw the road into
the hands of u receiver do not own or control
ffths is in the hands Of the assignee of H. S.
Ives the parties whom H. :. Ives bor-
rowed money from and put up c.. HI. & D. stock
as collateral Some OF the holders OF these
coaterals, it is said, have disposed of their
stock to persons whose names do not appear
the surface, and said persons just likely
to be interested in the Pennsylvania road and
purchasing it for that company for their per-
sonal holding.
The announcement came last week with a
good deal of buster. from the Office of George
Blanchard. chairman of the Central Traffic As
ISOLATION. that Indianapolis had been made
milling in transit point At first millers
grain dealers and others supposed that Indianap-
oils would be able to again take its stand as a
grain center; but investigation sho VS. that under
its provisions it would cost just cent more to
get hundred pounds of grain from Terre
Haute, Peoria or some such point to the
board than 1t would were attention paid to
the provision made by the traffic association.
which makes this city q milling in transit
point.
The Chatsworth accident, says the Railway
Age, of a few weeks ago. was followed by de-
mand in some of the daily papers. that sleeping
cars should be run at the front instead of at tho
rear of trains, the argument being that their
great weight and strength caused them to crush
through the lighter coaches in front in of
the sudden stoppage of the train. The recent
disaster on the Chicago g. Atlantic presents
argument for exactly the opposite theory. This
was rear collision. and it is shown that the two
buffer to the tremendous shock of the coliding
engine and train, and not only withstood the
blow SO that their passengers escaped without
injury but interviewed to prevent more
com lete destruction of the cars in front.
reporter of the Pittsburg Dispatch asked
one OF the officials of the Pennsylvania road,
who was in that city day ago. what the
company was doing to relieve the famine.
and he answered as follows: I'VE are doirg all
we can. That IS the one thing that puzzles
greatly, and we would be glad to receive any
Va ust find yhn Wn do
not know what becomes of them. We built
II, 900 cars this year. and where in the world
they have gone we do know. President
Roberts is beginning to think that if we did not
build any more cars they would not be scarce.
The simple fact ia that the cars of road
being used very largely other lines The
gauge has been made uniform all over the coun-
try. and the 20 to all points and not
returned.